The Football Odyssey with Aron Harris: Recent Episodes
The Football Odyssey
A football history podcast that explores the past, present, and future of football through in-depth interviews with guests from all levels and backgrounds.
Dan Moldea is an investigative journalist and author of 11 books. Today, Dan joins Aron to discuss his controversial 1989 book Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football, that explored the relationship between the NFL and the world of gamblers and bookmakers, as well as chronicled the rise of the NFL Security Department that was created to safeguard the integrity of the game.
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On today's podcast, Aron reads a transcript of his Q&A with Open AI's ChatGPT bot regarding various football-related topics.Aron's Emailaronharris7@gmail.comTFO Bloghttps://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accounts https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists
Today's episode features Aron on the other side of the mic as a guest on friend of the show Greg James' new podcast, Gridiron America, that focuses on the pop culture surrounding pro football and a look at the stories of men who play the game. This is only a portion of Greg and Aron's discussion, so to listen to the full interview, click the link below to Greg's new podcast.
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Super Bowl Sunday is finally here. Today, TFO presents Adagio for Rings, a highlight film chronicling the best plays in Super Bowl history and the path the Eagles and the Chiefs took to get to the big game.
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Tom Waggoner is an architect and consultant who has developed designs for Madison Square Garden, Notre Dame's football stadium and Kansas State's football stadium, to name a few. Last year, Tom published his first book, Designed In Kansas City : How Kansas City Became the Sports Architecture Capital of the World, that chronicles how a group of architects pioneered the new field of sports architecture with the development of Arrowhead Stadium Royals Stadium, and ultimately how their legacy proliferates the industry today. Tom joins Aron today to discuss his book and his career as an architect.
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Chuck Klosterman is an author of numerous books such as Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Downtown Owl and Killing Yourself to Live. His most recent book, The Nineties, is a collection of essays about a decade that occurred not too long ago, yet in many ways feels like an entirely different world. In this episode, Chuck sits down with Aron to discuss his book and a variety of other topics, including:
-What it's like to write a book about a decade that you've lived through
-The internet preserving history
-How Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio show foreshadowed the current state of mainstream media
-How athletes from the past would fair in today's game and vice versa
-The impact that the O.J. Simpson trial had on his legacy as a player and on the NFL's image.
-Did the BCS eliminate the mystique around college football
-Does American Football really need to expand beyond the United States
-The essence of football
-And much more
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The Detroit Lions are inching closer to a playoff berth. Will they make a push toward the Super Bowl if they get in? If so, it will be the first time since 1957 that they've reached the Championship game. On your long car ride to your New Years destination, listen back to that last Lions championship from 65 years ago today and ponder if they'll do something they haven't done in over six decades...TFO Bloghttps://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accountshttps://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists
Today's episode is a video analysis of Paul Zimmerman's 1974 book, The Last Season of Weeb Ewbank, a "life in the season" account of the 1973 New York Jets that was Weeb Ewbank's final year as the head coach of the organization that also serves a short biography on one of the most prolific yet under appreciated coaches in pro football history.
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Michael Oriard is a former professional football player, a retired professor at Oregon State University and the author of numerous books that analyzes the cultural relevance of football in America, including The End of Autumn: Reflections On My Life In Football, King Football and Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport. Today, Michael joins Aron to discuss a wide variety of subjects that Michael has explored in his books, including his odyssey within the game at every level, how football is portrayed in various forms of media, the economic and cultural impact that will be brought about from changes within the NFL and NCAA, the future of football, and much more. TFO Blog https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accounts https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists
Alvin Roy was a fitness pioneer who introduced weight training into the game of football, debunking the long held myth that weight training impeded a player's speed and flexibility. His impact was felt at the high school, college and pro ranks, and his contributions are felt today more than ever before.
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Bob Cowser Jr. is an author and English professor at St. Lawrence University. In 2001, Bob embarked on a writing project in which he embedded himself as a player on the Watertown Red and Black football team, the oldest gridiron semi pro team in the United States. In 2004, Bob published his first book about his experiences playing on the Red and Black, titled Dream Season: A Professor Joins America's Oldest Semi-Pro Football Team. Today, Bob sits down with Aron and looks back on that experience from 20 years ago, including what motivated him to want to play for the team to write this book, analyzing football from an academic standpoint, Bob's observation about semi pro ball and those who play it, and much more.
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Kevin Bryant is an Army veteran with over twenty years of experience safeguarding and gathering information for the Department of Defense, including thirteen years as a Special Agent during which he conducted national security investigations and instructed federal agents in training. His book, Spies on the Sidelines: The High-Stakes World of NFL Espionage details the collection techniques that NFL teams utilize to gather information on their opponents in order to gain a game-day advantage, as well as the countermeasures used to defend against these. The book spans the entire history of the league and contains anecdotes from every NFL team. Topics include spying on practices, stealing paperwork and signals, debriefing personnel that switch teams, listening devices, headset tampering, elicitation, Spygate, Deflategate, and so much more. Kevin's Book https://www.spiesonthesidelines.com/ TFO Blog https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ TFO Social Media Accounts https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists
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Parke Hill Davis is widely regarded as the first football historian who chronicled the rich history of the early autumn athletes of gridiron football, earning the nickname "The Grandfather of Football Statistics." Here is a short biography of his career.
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Today's episode is an audio version of a new Football Odyssey documentary about the history of the line of scrimmage, the most important rule in gridiron football. If you'd like to watch the video, here is the link to the video below:
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Brett Forrest is an author and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Today, Brett joins Aron to discuss his 2002 book Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco, in which Brett chronicled the lone 2001 season of the catastrophic XFL through the eyes of the Las Vegas Outlaws and how XFL founders/partners Vince McMahon and NBC's Dick Ebersol failed to capitalize on a prime opportunity. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists
Today's episode is a special Memorial Day presentation: the original broadcast of the 1946 Army vs. Notre Dame contest that became of one the first games to be labeled the "Game of the Century" that featured four eventual Heisman Trophy Award winners and numerous World War II veterans battling it out in front of 70,000 spectators at Yankee Stadium.
Happy Memorial Day everyone, and thanks to all those who served.
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Ken Crippen is a football historian and author. Ken recently launched the Football Learning Academy, a website that contains online courses and videos on football history and the impact that the game has had on society. Ken and Aron discuss his new venture, as well as his background as a football writer, his work on the All America Football Conference and the original Buffalo Bills franchise that was a part of the AAFC.
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Clayton Trutor is the author of Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta, and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports. Clayton sits down with Aron to discuss his book, including his inspirations as a writer, the influence Atlanta had on future expansion cities, the struggles that Atlanta sports teams faced in the early years, and much more.
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John Davis is a 23-year US Army Veteran/Retiree with 20+ years of coaching youth sports and 25+ years of management and leadership experience. He is the Owner/President of JD Sports Academy and host of the For The Good Of The Game podcast. In this interview, John walks Aron through his life experiences within football, including how the game helped him develop as a leader, coaching youth football, being involved in the up start Major League Football spring league, and much more.
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Big Fan is a 2009 film starring Patton Oswald and directed by Robert Siegel. The film follows Phil Aufiero, a lonley parking garage attendant and obsessive New York Giants super-fan who's world is shattered to pieces when he is beaten up at a nightclub by his favorite Giants player, Quantrell Bishop. In this episode, Aron shares his thoughts on the movie.
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On this special episode of the podcast, Aron is joined by NFL Films' Head of Research Chris Willis and CFL America host Greg James to discuss their favorite NFL Films productions featuring John Facenda, one of the most iconic voices in NFL history who earned the nickname "the voice of God" for his thunderous narration of pro football's beauty, violence and passion. Clips used in this podcast are telecasts, broadcasts, and productions of NFL Films. I claim no ownership of this material, and do not profit from it in anyway. This video is intended for historical and educational purposes. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ @FootballOdyc thefootballodyssey The Football Odyssey - John Facenda YouTube Playlist
Phil Villapiano is a former pro bowl linebacker who played for the Oakland Raiders from 1971-1979 and for the Buffalo Bills from 1980-1983. In this interview, Phil sits down with Aron to discuss various memories from his iconic days with the Silver and Black, including his relationship with John Madden, the infamous Immaculate Reception play, what made the NFL in the 70's unique, and much more. Recorded on 2/18/2022 https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ @FootballOdyc thefootballodyssey The Football Odyssey YouTube Channel
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Bob Lederer is the author of Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football. In this episode, Bob sits down with Aron to discuss his book that looks at the various unheralded players on the 1968 New York Jets football team that shocked the world with their 16-7 victory over the vaunted Baltimore Colts of the National Football League in Super Bowl III that all but legitimized the American Football League and the forthcoming merger between the two rival leagues. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Kv_NInjlOAlE4lrpWu4zw/playlists https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074DT18G1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
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On today's special presentation, Aron lives up to the phrase "amateur hour" as he welcomes his cohorts at the Sports History Network for a friendly game of Super Bowl Trivia leading up to Super Bowl XLVI. Check out the various sports history podcasts at the network by clicking the links below. Enjoy the Super Bowl boys and girls!!! Darin Hayes - Pigskins Dispatch Jeremy McFarlin - Football Is Family Os Davis - Truly the GOATs Tommy Philips - Lombardi Memories https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/
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Doug Drinen is the founder of Pro-Football-Reference.com, the complete source for pro football history including complete player, team, and league stats, awards, records, leaders, rookies and scores. In this interview, Doug and Aron discuss Doug's early passion for sports data and the process of creating pro-football-reference, as well as alternative football leagues and they bounce around some "insane ideas" that we'd be curious to see in the NFL. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ The Football Odyssey YouTube Channel https://www.pro-football-reference.com/
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Jeremy McFarlin is the host of the Football is Family podcast and an avid Tennessee Titans fan. Jeremy joins Aron today to talk about his podcast and his Titans fandom, followed by an exciting and informative game of Tennessee Titans trivia. The Football Odyssey @FootballOdyc thefootballodyssey Football Is Family @jeremy_mcfarlin
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Kevin McDonough is a coach at Cornell University and runs the Old Football Film (@FilmHistoric) Twitter account that posts vintage football footage of old school formations, schemes and plays from various bygone eras of gridiron football. The Football Odyssey @FootballOdyc @thefootballodyssey @FilmHistoric Intro song is edited version of "Big Sky Spy" from the album "Studio City" by Mr. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/mr-smith/studio-city/big-sky-spy
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This week's episode is a re-broadcast of Game Film, a podcast devoted to reviewing sports movies. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris review three films of all sorts. They talk classics going back to the 1920s and contemporary flicks from the 2020s; well-known classics and nearly unknown gems; dramas, documentaries, love stories, and comedies; films of fandom and of playing the game … and all about some aspect of the games we love. In this episode, Game Film focuses on the incredible Hollywood sub-genre of movies about animals playing football – professional, college and youth league. Hosts Os Davis and Aron Harris take a look at: • Gus (1976) – NFL laughingstocks the California Atoms employ the services of a Yugoslavian mule on the field, not to mention a murderer’s row of 1970s TV sitcom dads; • Bonzo Goes to College (1952) – the second in the mighty Bonzo movie franchise has the genius chimpanzee first whiffing on an easy question about Joe DiMaggio’s batting average and ultimately quarterbacking the college’s loser team to victory; and • Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver (1998) – in which a dog retires from basketball to take up football and hang out with a tween, his widowed mother and a serial killer-looking new BF. Check out Game Films where you get your podcast. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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Greg James is a football historian that runs the CFL America Radio podcast, and is the co-host of both From The 55 Year Line podcast and Gridiron Japan. In this hang out episode, Greg and Aron kick back have a wide ranging conversation that covers his Canadian football fandom, Howard Cosell, American football in Japan, and much much more. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ Greg James Greg James@CFLAmerica www.CFLAmerica.ca www.CFLAmericaRadio.ca www.CFLAmericaRadio.net www.Fromthe55YardLine.ca Gridiron Japan Radio & TV@GridironJapan www.GridironJapan.net www.GridironJapanRadio.net www.GridironJapanTV.net www.ShopGridironJapan.net
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Branden Buehler is an assistant professor in the Visual and Sound Media Program in the College of Communication and the Arts at Seton Hall University whose research centers around sports media, with a particular focus on sports television and sports media industries. On today's episode, Branden joins Aron to discuss his 2016 journal article Manufacturing "Football Realism" in the Studio Era, that focuses on Warner Bros. efforts to market their football films as having realistic football action. We also discuss the current state of sports media and how it could continue to change in the near future. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://www.bwbuehler.com/
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In this new episode of the Football Film Review series, Aron reviews Paper Lion, the 1968 movie based on the non fiction book of the same name that follows author George Plimpton's experiences as the last string quarterback for the duration of Detroit Lion's training camp in 1963. The picture stars Alan Alda and Lauren Hutton, along with numerous Lions players such as Joe Schmidt, John Gordy and Alex Karras. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/book-reviews/paper-lion-george-plimpton https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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Levon Kirkland is a former Pro Bowl linebacker that anchored the Steelers Blitzburgh defense of the 1990s that featured Kevin Greene, Greg Lloyd, Chad Brown and himself wreaking havoc on opposing offenses. Currently, Levon is the VP of Development for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame, host of Inside Blitz Podcast and a 2022 College Football Hall of Fame finalist for his playing achievements at Clemson University. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://scfootballhof.org/about-us/inside-blitz-with-levon-kirkland/ https://twitter.com/levon_kirkland https://www.instagram.com/levon_kirkland/
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Dan Fouts is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback who played 15 seasons with the San Diego Chargers. In this interview, Dan speaks with Aron on a wide variety of topics pertaining to his football career, including his early days as a 49ers ball boy, being a part of the legendary Air Coryell offense, his transition into a successful broadcasting career and much more. *Recorded on 9/24/2021 https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/book-reviews/the-nightmare-season
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Troy Lowman is the CEO of Bullitt Point Properties and the director/producer of The Ghosts of 33rd Street, a documentary that looks back at the impact the Baltimore Colts had on the city and the controversial franchise move to Indianapolis that left the city without an NFL team for 12 years. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://bullittpointproperties.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Ghosts33Premiere https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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On today's episode, Aron reviews the 1979 pro football film, North Dallas Forty, directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis and Dayle Haddon. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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Michael MacCambridge returns to the show this week to discuss his book America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured A Nation, which many historians and critics praise as the greatest book ever written on pro football. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://michaelmaccambridge.com/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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On today's episode, Aron gives some updates on the podcast and re-broadcasts a vintage radio program from Jean Shepherd, an iconic radio personality who from the late 50s until the late 70s was regarded as one of the greatest storytellers in American culture and also wrote served the semi-autobiographical film A Christmas Story. Jean talks about a high school football memory that serves as an anecdote for winning and losing. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://www.youtube.com/user/greenteablend/playlists https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzPcPUS61s_omq6KsVZXUXg/featured https://www.flicklives.com/ https://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Comedy&series=The%20Jean%20Shepherd%20Show https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/comedy/jean-shepherd-show
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Rick Mueller is a former NFL and NCAA front office executive and current President and C.O.O of eVALUATE, a sports consulting firm that provides out of the box solutions to help small colleges and high schools maximize their resources to stay competitive and to elevate their football program to the next level. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://www.evaluatesports.net/ https://twitter.com/rmuels2 rick@evaluatesports.net
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Michael MacCambridge is the award winning author of several sports history books, including America's Game: The Epic Story of how Pro Football Captured a Nation, Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports and Chuck Noll: His Life's Work. In this episode, Michael sits down with Aron to discuss his biography of Chuck Noll, an intimate portrait on the life of the understated and reserved head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers who presided over one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ https://michaelmaccambridge.com/
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On this episode of The Football Odyssey, Aron and Os Davis of Truly The GOATs review the cynical 1951 college football film, Saturday's Hero, starring John Derek and Donna Reed, directed by David Miller and released by Columbia Pictures. At the end of the episode, Os and Aron also look toward their new sports film podcast, Game Film. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ http://www.trulythegoats.com/podcast/
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John McKeon is the CEO of American Football International. After completing his college football career, John pursued opportunities playing American football overseas that would kickstart his fascination with American Football’s global potential. John and Aron discuss his experience launching AFI, the appeal of American Football abroad and his insights on the growth and success of the sport’s international endeavors.
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Jordan Abbot is the Secondary coach at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas. In this episode, Jordan walks Aron though his experience playing football, his defensive philosophy and what it's like coach in the world of Junior College football. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ https://twitter.com/BUCO_TINSKI
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Upton Bell is a former NFL front office executive and the author of Present At The Creation, an autobiography of his life in National Football League. In this conversation, Upton takes Aron through the course of his football life that begins with his father, Commissioner Bert Bell, and carries on through his days in the front offices of the Baltimore Colts, the New England Patriots and Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Present-Creation-Life-Rise-Americas/dp/149620039X
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Tim Hanlon is the host and producer of Good Seats Still Available, a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used-to-be in professional sports. In this episode, Tim sits down with Aron to discuss his fascination for lost sports history, the role rival leagues in American football, defunct teams and much more. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://goodseatsstillavailable.com/
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On this special edition of our Football Film Review Series, Aron is joined by Os Davis, host of Truly The GOATs Podcast and film critic, to discuss a triple feature of Super Bowl Disaster Thrillers. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ http://www.trulythegoats.com/
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Scott Hanson is the host of NFL RedZone. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://twitter.com/ScottHanson
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Part II of my conversation with Darin Hayes, the host of The Pigskin Daily History Dispatch. In this episode, we play a game of Steelers trivia, and have plenty of side bar conversations that Steelers and NFL history fans will enjoy. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://pigskindispatch.com/
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Darin Hayes is the founder of PigskinDispatch.com and the host of The Pigskin Daily History Dispatch, a podcast that takes the listener through the historical events, people, inventions and plays that had some significance to the game of football. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/the-football-odyssey/ Darin's Links https://pigskindispatch.com/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/pigskin-dispatch/ https://twitter.com/PigskinDispatch Calcio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTPWcLmWvD0
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Cody Alexander is the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Mesquite Horn High School and the author of five defensive football books. In this episode, Cody and I discuss his journey within the game of football, how the game has evolved over time and his book Hyrbids: The Making of a Modern Defense. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ Cody's Links: https://twitter.com/The_Coach_A https://matchquarters.substack.com/subscribe https://matchquarters.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Cody-Alexander/e/B073TT9SDN/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
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Chris Setticase is a former college football player from Robert Morris University. Currently, Chris works as an actor and as a football stunt coordinator for feature films and television series, with credits on projects such as Necessary Roughness, The Dark Night Rises, Paterno and Safety. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ Chris' links: https://www.instagram.com/chris_sett/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6019137/
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Bob Rider and Phil Schaaf are the directors of Don't Quit: The Joe Roth Story. The documentary looks back at the former University of California, Berkley quarterback and 1976 Heisman trophy favorite Joe Roth, who lost his life to melanoma in 1977, but despite his diagnosis, continued to play his final season and never allowed his disease to break his spirit. In this interview, Bob, Phil and I discuss Joe's legacy, not only as an athlete, but as a humble and courages young man who never gave up in the toughest fight of his life. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Quit-Joe-Roth-Story/dp/B06XWVJLXL
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Tom Henschel is one of the three remaining members of the Never Miss A Super Bowl Club. Having been around football for 80 years, Tom reflects back on his grassroots passion of the game that began with his father, growing up as a Steelers fan, and his memories from his 55 year tradition of attending every Super Bowl. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLZWE3ulJJb/
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Phil Tuckett is the former Vice President of Special Projects for NFL Films. In this interview, Phil tells the story of how he went from being a wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s to becoming one of the first employees at NFL Films and tells many behind the scenes stories of the greatest NFL Films productions that involves Hank Stram, Bum Phillips and Dick Butkus. He is currently a professor at Dixie State University. Recorded on 2/5/2021
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Angelo DiBello is a New York Giants fan of nearly 65 years and has witnessed some of the greatest players, coaches and moments in NFL history. Angelo and I discuss his history as a Giants fan, the greatest players of the 50s and 60s, the iconic legacy of Vince Lombardi, and much more. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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Charlie Engleka is back on the podcast as our first recurring guest of the show. In this episode, we discuss the 2020 NFL season, including the long awaited post season success of the Buffalo Bills, the evolution of football strategy, how the playoffs have been thus far, who we think will win Super Bowl LV and much more. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/
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Robert Andrew Powell is a journalist and the author of three books. His first book, We Own This Game: A Season In The Adult World of Youth Football, chronicles the season of the Liberty City Warriors, a Pop Warner team in Miami, Florida. His book explores the youth football scene of Liberty City, where the sport is looked at as a celebration of their culture, but also where children take the first step toward fulfilling not only their dream, but also their parent's dreams of becoming a professional football player to escape their violent and crime ridden environment.
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In Part 2 of this interview, Joe and I discuss the legacy of Kevin Greene, his book about the unlikely success of the 1972 Green Bay Packers season, the challenges he faced writing a book about Willie Lanier, and much more. ***This interview was conducted on 12/22/2020. The mention of Kevin Greene's passing refers to Monday, 12/21/2020. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Zagorski/e/B01LOOUA8W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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Joe Zagorski is an author and a member of the Pro Football Researchers Association. Since 2016, Joe has published three books that focus on players, teams and trends of the National Football League in the 1970s: The NFL in the 1970s: Pro Football's Most Important Decade, The Year the Packers Came Back: Green Bay's 1972 Resurgence and America's Trailblazing Middle Linebacker: The Story of NFL Hall of Famer Willie Lanier. In Part 1 of this two part interview, Joe and I converse about a multitude of topics about the NFL in the 1970s, including the rule changes, iconic and underrated players of the decade and off the field innovations that launched the NFL into stardom. Joe also host the Pigskin Past Podcast and writes for the PFRA magazine, The Coffin Corner. https://www.thefootballodyssey.com/ https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/the-football-odyssey/ https://twitter.com/FootballOdyc https://www.instagram.com/thefootballodyssey/ https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Zagorski/e/B01LOOUA8W%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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Arnie Chapman is the producer and host of The Football History Dude podcast. In this episode, we discuss Arnie's memories as a Detroit Lions fan, his experience doing the podcast, some of his personal favorite episodes and our favorite football eras.
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Number One is a 1969 drama directed by Tom Gries and stars Charlton Heston in the leading role as Ron Catland, an aging quarterback for the New Orleans Saints that struggles to accept the reality that his playing days are all but numbered, and the impact it has on his personal life.
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Jim Steeg is the former Senior Vice President of Special Events for the National Football League. In his 26 years with the NFL, Jim was responsible for overseeing the Super Bowl, the Prow Bowl and the Draft from 1979 to 2004. In this interview, we discuss Jim’s journey within the NFL and how he transformed the Super Bowl from being just a championship game into a media and fan phenomenon that has become the largest sporting event in America.
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Shane is the founder of Pigskin Books, a website where football fans can discover a wide variety of vintage and contemporary football books about a multitude of topics ranging from the history of specific teams, playing strategies, the business of pro football and much more. Shane and I discuss his roots as an American Football fan growing up in the United Kingdom, the background behind Pigskin Books and some of our favorite football reads.
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American Football in Japan may sound like a novelty, but in reality, the gridiron game has been played in the Land of the Rising Sun since the 1930s. Against the backdrop of World War II, and through many international games against American opponents, the sport developed and created a niche following for itself, entering another chapter in The Football Odyssey.
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Jack Gilden is the author of Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL. The book looks back at the complex relationship between Shula and Unitas during their time as a dynamic head coach- quarterback duo with Baltimore Colts, and is set against the backdrop of 1960s America when the country and professional football was rapidly changing.
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Jim Thorpe: All American was released in 1951 by Warner Bros. and focuses on the athletic endeavors of the legendary Jim Thorpe. We’ll look at the film's strengths and weaknesses, as well as some background information on how the film came to be. Subscribe and share!
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Ben Ball is a Packers fan born in Chicago and raised in Charlotte. In this podcast, Ben and I discuss his history as a Packers fan, ranging from the best and most frustrating times he experienced as a fan to the sense of community that comes with rooting for the for one of the NFL's oldest franchise.
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Charlie Engleka is a former Division III defensive lineman from Alfred University and a Buffalo Bills fan. In this podcast, we talk about Charlie's experiences and lessons learned on the gridiron, as well as discussing what the Bills franchise means to the city of Buffalo, and much more.
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Today on The Football Odyssey, we'll look back on how the game was played in what is recognized as the first intercollegiate American football game.
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This is The Football Odyssey, where I document the iconic, forgotten and obscure people and events in America Football's journey from a third rate college pick up game to a larger than life American obsession.
This podcast will include segments categorized into six different sections; Anatomy of a Game, derived from the book of the same name by former University of Delaware head coach David M. Nelson, is dedicated to the evolution of the rules, positions and playing strategies of American football, as well as profiling the coaches and players behind the innovations. White Collar Football will focus on the front office personnel, executive officers and legal and economic cases of football’s leading institutions, the National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association. Book Reviews will contain long form analyses on vintage books related to American Football. Football and the Media will trace football’s profitable relationship with the press and electronic media, including the writers and network producers that brought football into the public eye. American Football Abroad looks at American Football around the globe, both in it’s contemporary state and how the sport took root in the foreign land. Lastly, Gridiron Outliers are the topics that don’t fit a specific category, but nonetheless hold an interesting spot in American Football’s history.
Additionally, I will also talk about old games, both within my lifetime and games that predates me, as well as conducting interviews with former players, coaches, writers, historians, filmmakers, and anyone else thats contributed to The Football Odyssey.
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